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1 My Surgery Log Book This guide belongs to: Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) is a way to help you get better sooner after bowel surgery. With ERAS, you play a big role in getting better sooner. You will have 4 goals: 1. get enough nutrition 2. chew gum to help your bowels move after surgery 3. get out of bed often 4. keep your pain and nausea under control Use this log book to keep track as you re reaching your goals. Just check the boxes or fill in the blanks for each day you re in the hospital. You can also use it to write down questions you have for your healthcare team. Please don t take the log book home with you. Hand it in to the front desk when you re discharged PILOT VERSION

2 Adapted with permission from Encare AB This material is for information purposes only. It should not be used in place of medical advice, instruction, and/or treatment. If you have questions, speak with your doctor or appropriate healthcare provider.

3 Day of surgery Date: Highest number on pain scale today from 1 to 10: Highest number on nausea scale today from 1 to 10: I vomited (threw up) today: No Yes times I passed gas today: No Yes Goal: Being out of bed I was up or sat up: any amount of time at all 2 hours or more Questions for my healthcare team: Page 3 of 7 PILOT VERSION

4 Day 1 after surgery Date: Morning weight: kg Highest number on pain scale today (from 1 to 10): Highest number on nausea scale today (from 1 to 10): I vomited today: No Yes times I passed gas today: No Yes I had my urine tube taken out: No Yes Goal: A total of at least 6 hours out of bed, sit up for meals, and walk at least 2 laps in the hallway I was up or sat up at meals: breakfast lunch dinner In the morning: 2 hours In the afternoon: 2 hours 2 hours 2 hours Number of laps in the hallway: Questions for my healthcare team: Goals to reach before I can go home: Page 4 of 7 PILOT VERSION

5 Day 2 after surgery Date: Morning weight: kg Incision length: Highest number on pain scale today (from 1 to 10): Highest number on nausea scale today (from 1 to 10): I vomited today: No Yes times I passed gas today: No Yes I had my urine tube taken out: No Yes Goal: A total of at least 8 hours out of bed and laps I was up or sat up at meals: breakfast lunch dinner In the morning: 2 hours 2 hours In the afternoon: 2 hours 2 hours Number of laps in the hallway: Questions for my healthcare team: Goals to reach before I can go home: Page 5 of 7 PILOT VERSION

6 Day 3 after surgery Date: Morning weight: kg Incision length: Highest number on pain scale today (from 1 to 10): Highest number on nausea scale today (from 1 to 10): I vomited today: No Yes times I passed gas today: No Yes Goal: A total of at least 8 hours out of bed and laps I was up or sat up at meals: breakfast lunch dinner In the morning: 2 hours 2 hours In the afternoon: 2 hours 2 hours Number of laps in the hallway: Questions for my healthcare team: Goals to reach before I can go home: Page 6 of 7 PILOT VERSION

7 Day 4 after surgery Date: Morning weight: kg Highest number on pain scale today (from 1 to 10): Highest number on nausea scale today (from 1 to 10): I vomited today: No Yes times I passed gas today: No Yes Goal: A total of at least 8 hours out of bed and laps I was up or sat up at meals: breakfast lunch dinner In the morning: 2 hours 2 hours In the afternoon: 2 hours 2 hours Number of laps in the hallway: Questions for my healthcare team: Goals to reach before I can go home: Page 7 of 7 PILOT VERSION

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